Today VIA has announced an official partnership with Mozilla for support and development of Firefox OS for new device form factors.

Firefox OS running on APC Paper and Rock has been released with complete, buildable source codes available to developers on GitHub. In order to continue to encourage community support, free APCs will be rewarded to developers that fix a known issue. A full list of issues is available here.

“Firefox OS puts the power of the Web to the people. This partnership with APC presents an exciting opportunity to help redefine user experiences on desktops around the world,” said Dr. Li Gong, Senior Vice President of mobile devices and, President of Asia Operations. “Mozilla will keep working on new features and enhancements of Firefox OS, and also provide knowledge sharing and technical support for Firefox OS and Marketplace.”

“We are excited to announce this partnership with Mozilla and their enthusiastic support to speed development of Firefox OS on APC,” said Richard Brown, VP of International Marketing, VIA Technologies Inc. “Mozilla's mission to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the web, aligns with our vision for APC, creating the perfect combination to deliver the best of the web to desktops everywhere. We couldn’t be more excited about the future.”

The first update based on the development efforts from APC and the community of Firefox OS contributors, was recently published with the following fixes:
Release v1.02.01

Updated firmware package to support HDMI hot plug as the solution from VIA

Switched to latest base from Mozilla and using master branch for all Mozilla repos

Support multiple hardware keyboard hot plug

Fixed so that Mozilla soft home button can be enabled via settings

Supports Ethernet cable hot plug

Enabled SNTP with Ethernet network

Set default display timeout to never

Fixed some orientation bug due to migration to master

Fixed WiFi connection bug due to migration to master

Supports Mouse wheel event

To view the official release please go here.
To read more about Firefox OS on New Devices, please click here to the Mozilla official.